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  2. List of Westerners who visited Japan before 1868 - Wikipedia

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    Her account Glimpses Of Old Japan, 1861–1866 [32] is the only book written by a Western woman staying in Edo period Japan. Nicholas of Japan (1861, Russia) A Russian Orthodox priest, monk, archbishop and saint who introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan.

  3. Tenshō embassy - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese embassy with Pope Gregory XIII on March 23, 1585. [1] The Tenshō embassy (Japanese: 天正の使節, named after the Tenshō Era in which the embassy took place) was an embassy sent by the Japanese Christian Lord Ōtomo Sōrin to the pope and the kings of Europe in 1582.

  4. List of Japanese supercentenarians - Wikipedia

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    Yukichi Chuganji (中願寺 雄吉; Chūganji Yūkichi, 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003) was a Japanese silkworm breeder, instructor in the agricultural specialty, bank employee and community welfare officer who lived for 114 years and 189 days. At the time of his death, he was the oldest Japanese man ever and the world's oldest-living person.

  5. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on 28 August 2019. 20 September to 2 November: 2019 Rugby World Cup begins in Japan. 29 November: An oldest living former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone died of natural causes at aged 101. 2020: 15 January

  6. Category:Japanese people of European descent - Wikipedia

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    Category: Japanese people of European descent. ... Japanese people of Ukrainian descent (1 C, 5 P) This page was last edited on 10 February 2024, at 23:35 (UTC). ...

  7. Nanban trade - Wikipedia

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    The first comprehensive and systematic report of a European about Japan is the Tratado em que se contêm muito sucinta e abreviadamente algumas contradições e diferenças de costumes entre a gente de Europa e esta província de Japão of Luís Fróis, in which he described Japanese life concerning the roles and duties of men and women ...

  8. List of supercentenarians by continent - Wikipedia

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    By January 2015 the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of more than 600 European supercentenarians. [3] The oldest European and the world's oldest person ever recorded was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. This has been disputed by some researchers.

  9. The Japanese and Europe - Wikipedia

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    The book discusses Japanese investment and settlement in Europe, [1] which began in the 1980s. [2] Conte-Helm was a reader of Japanese studies at the University of Northumbria. [3] The book's intended audience included both Japanese and Western persons. [4] The first two chapters discuss the history of Europe-Japan encounters. [2]